Break (Hein)

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Bruch is a play in four acts by Christoph Hein , which was premiered on February 27, 1999 in the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus under the direction of Anna Badora . The text appeared in the same year as part of the “Christoph Hein. Pieces ”from Aufbau-Verlag Berlin .

Prof. Dr. Bruch, a retired surgeon, refuses to admit his advanced age.

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The post-war period is history in Berlin, but there are still ruins here and there. Privy Councilor Prof. Dr. As befits his standing, Theodor Bruch lives in a villa with a pretty park on the lake shore. Luise Kubin, who had worked for decades as the operating room nurse of the retired surgeon, is now active as Bruch's housekeeper. The older woman had followed her boss faithfully and faithfully on appointments to Breslau , Basel, Munich and then to Berlin. The professor had never shown the slightest interest in money. He lightly refused the pension he was entitled to . Bruch does not have a red lighter. Ms. Kubin covers the household costs with her modest savings. Dr. Martin Sperling, a former Bruch employee, always comes by with a box full of groceries. Sperling has given all of his cash to Mr. Reiner Manitlowski. This businessman is supposed to build the Bruch Clinic. In the future clinic, Sperling wants to become chief physician. Professor Bruch is enthusiastic about the construction project. He cheers on Sperling and Manitlowski. It has to be done quickly. The old gentleman, who already had Hindenburg on the operating table, doesn't have much time left. Bruch wants to put rich people under the knife in his new private clinic, which is to be equipped with the latest technology. Then Ms. Kubin would be free of all financial worries and the cold villa could be properly heated again in winter.

The 26-year-old Ingeborg Schönbrunn, unmarried mother of a young daughter, penetrates to the professor in the villa. Bruch, who has already selflessly helped Frau Schönbrunn, is supposed to operate on a hazelnut-sized, excruciatingly painful tumor on her neck. But the professor did the last operation half a year ago. He wonders how those at the University Surgical Clinic got along without him all along. If Bruch could only call his successor there, Prof. Dr. Schlatter thinks, a deep frown kicks between his eyes. During the war, surgeon Schlatter was Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS . Bruch had pulled him out of the mud towards the end of the war. Now the newly appointed boss no longer cares about his old lifesaver.

A villa damaged during the Air War is to be converted into a Bruch Clinic, but potential donors see through Manitlowski as speculators . Ms. Kubin accurately assesses Bruch's overall behavior as demented . The professor does not operate on Ms. Schönbrunn in the bathroom of his villa with either anesthesia or local anesthesia . In addition, the surgeon works alone and septically on top of that. The woman dies in the bathroom. Bruch had suspected an abscess , but it was an inoperable sarcoma , Hodgkin's disease . Later, Dr. Sparrow in the villa. The hair of the former Bruch employee stands on end. Sperling locks the bathroom and reports the case. Hated pathologists, who have been keeping a close eye on Bruch all their lives, come together with a representative from the health department.

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  1. ↑ Fictional figure of a doctor well-known beyond Germany's borders, whom Hein dubbed State Councilor , Privy Councilor, Professor, Doctor, Knight's Cross Bearer , General Doctor and National Prize Winner (edition used, p. 25, 10th issue).

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  1. ↑ Henschel / Acting / Theater / Pieces ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Entry for "Fraction". @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.henschel-schauspiel.de
  2. ↑ Edition used, p. 66, 2nd Zvu
  3. ↑ Edition used, p. 74, 7. Zvo
  4. ↑ Edition used, p. 80, 1. Zvu